German & French Speaking Account Executive
I am currently working with a manufacturing company who supply clients across the UK, Germany, and France. They're growing their commercial team to strengthen relationships with their German and French speaking client base.
The Role
I am currently looking for a bilingual (German and French) Account Executive to manage and grow relationships with our excising clients across Germany and France. This is not a sales based role, all clients you will be working with are long established clients. You'll be the primary point of contact for a portfolio of manufacturing sector clients, responsible for driving revenue growth, managing the full sales cycle, and ensuring long-term customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and grow a portfolio of accounts across DACH, France, Benelux regions.
- Own the full sales cycle: prospecting, qualification, proposal, negotiation, and closing
- Build strong, long-term relationships with procurement, engineering, and operations stakeholders at manufacturing clients.
- Identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities within existing accounts
- Prepare and deliver product presentations, quotes, and proposals in German, French, and English.
- Collaborate with production, logistics, and technical teams to ensure accurate delivery timelines and specifications
- Track pipeline activity and forecast accurately using CRM tools.
- Negotiate contracts and pricing in line with company margin targets
Requirements
- Fluent in German and French (written and spoken) professional working proficiency in English.
- 1-2 years of experience in account managment, customer services, sales.
- Strong negotiation, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Comfortable working with technical products and translating specifications for non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with CRM software and sales forecasting
- Self-starter with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage a multi-country pipeline independently
